UConn is 3-5 all-time in the NCAA Tournament against No. 1 seeds. It has, however, won its last two such games (Florida in 2014, Duke in 2004).

Kansas has made the tournament 27 consecutive years.

The Jayhawks have won 15 consecutive games, 10 against teams in the NCAA Tournament. They last lost Jan. 25 at Iowa State.

Kansas, No. 1 in both polls and the top overall seed in the tournament, is the fifth ranked team the Huskies have faced this season. UConn is 1-3 in the previous games against ranked teams, beating only SMU.

UConn’s 22-for-23 performance from the free-throw line against Colorado was the sixth-best in tournament history. UConn pushed its NCAA-best percentage to 79.3.

Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. hails from Roxbury, Mass., the same hometown as UConn guard Jalen Adams. Kansas guard Devonte’ Graham is from Raleigh, N.C, the same hometown as UConn guard Rodney Purvis. Graham, like Adams, also played a year at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.

Kansas has earned a No. 1 or No. 2 seed each of the last seven years.

UConn sophomore Daniel Hamilton is averaging 20 points and 11 rebounds in his last four games. He has posted four straight double-doubles for the first time in his career.

UConn’s victory over Colorado gave the Huskies their 13th season of 25 or more wins. It is the second for coach Kevin Ollie, the first coming in 2014 when UConn won the national title.

Kansas has lost in the second round each of the last two years, each time as a No. 2 seed. As a No. 1 seed, it last lost to a No. 9 seed in 2010 when Northern Iowa pulled off a second-round upset in Oklahoma City.

As a No. 9 seed, UConn has played the No. 1 seed just once, losing to Ohio State in the second round in 1992.